I haven't posted in this group yet, but perhaps necessity is the mother of de-lurking... This post inspired me to finally fit my 59 cm Hilsen with some Berthoud fenders I've had sitting around for a while. I've done everything except the L-bracket; now I'm sitting here wondering whether anyone has tried drilling and tapping the bottom of the brake bridge for direct fender mounting on a bike lacking the braze-on? There isn't much material there, especially since Rivendell keeps the brake pivots low for tire clearance... I'm less concerned about the hole not holding thread than I am about weakening the brake bridge. Has anyone tried anything similar or is this just folly?
--Steve On May 19, 2:13 am, Stonehog <stone...@gmail.com> wrote: > For what it's worth, my new Hunqapillar has a threaded fender mount on the > kickstand plate, AND a threaded fender mount on the brake bridge. It is one > of the original Taiwan frames. My Waterford built Hilsen needed an L-bracket. > I would suspect it comes down to supplies and builders since these are done > in small batches. > > Brian Hanson > > On May 18, 2012, at 7:27 AM, Peter Morgano <uscpeter11...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Now I am an offender here with Hetres and VO fenders on my Hilsen which I > > still cant get to stop rubbing at 65psi so may go L-bracket soon but Grant > > has weighed in here before saying that those of us that are going above and > > beyond the recommended tire size and/or using fenders that are a bit too > > small are kinda on our own. Riv speced out the bikes to take certain tires > > and fenders with better clearances than 99% of bikes out there and we just > > have to go and ask for more, haha. Not to be the wet blanket here, I am > > all for pushing the limits but I dont "blame" Riv for building in > > limitations. Not saying yall do, I mean, who wouldnt like a threaded boss, > > why not throw one on the fender plate, would make life easier there too but > > I dont fault Riv for this. As for the double TT, I dont mind the way it > > looks but have never ridden one so cant say what it adds or takes away from > > ride quality, which should be a big part of the discussion, but certainly > > not the only factor, beauty and asthestics are certainly important things > > to consider. > > > On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Zack <zack...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Literally the only time i have been like "hmmmmm, weird" when trying to get > > something to work on my 64 2TT Sam was when I figured out that there was no > > fender mount on the rear brake bridge. Everything else has been perfect, > > just absolutely perfect. It was an easy fix (I ended up just zip tying the > > fender to the brake bridge, any kind of bracket didn't give me what i > > needed because i had TIGHT clearance - Berthoud 50 fenders with marathon > > dureme 40's). I have since moved to the longboards, which presented their > > own brand of fender frustration (Fenderstration?). > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To view this discussion on the web > > visithttps://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/NfYkws5N04AJ. > > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
